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2022 Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

5 Ranked Colleges
185 Degrees Awarded
$32,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Food Science is the 283rd most popular major in the country with 1,815 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 452 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 185 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in food science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great food science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the food science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The food sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k”.

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Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree food sciences students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Food Science (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. West Lafayette, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s food sciences degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Purdue also took the #2 spot in our “Best Food Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University - Main Campus are $28,794.

Read more about Food Science at Purdue University - Main Campus

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s food sciences degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - Madison, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Food Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523.

Full University of Wisconsin - Madison Food Science Report

#3

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 52 masters’s food sciences degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Michigan State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Food Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056.

Full Michigan State University Food Science Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Ohio State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Columbus, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 23 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Ohio State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Food Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State are $37,141.

Read more about Food Science at Ohio State

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and it awarded 40 masters’s food sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC also made our “Best Food Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Food Science at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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